In a Minor Groove explained

In a Minor Groove
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess
Cover:	In a Minor Groove.jpg
Released:	1958
Recorded:	September 19, 1958
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:16
Label:	New Jazz NJLP 8209
Producer:	Bob Weinstock
Chronology:	Dorothy Ashby
Prev Title:	Hip Harp
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Soft Winds
Next Year:	1961

In a Minor Groove (also released as Dorothy Ashby Plays for Beautiful People) is an album by American jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby recorded in 1958 and released on the New Jazz label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic reviewed a compilation that contains this album plus another awarding the package 4½ stars stating "This is a delightful package that deserves further recognition as a project unique to jazz and modern music, perfectly showcasing Dorothy Ashby as an individualist for the ages".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dorothy Ashby except where noted

1. "Rascallity" – 3:54
2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 3:59
3. "It's a Minor Thing" – 3:56
4. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 4:22
5. "Bohemia After Dark" (Oscar Pettiford) – 6:19
6. "Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona, Bob Russell) – 6:15
7. "Autumn in Rome" (Sammy Cahn, Alessandro Cicognini, Paul Weston) – 5:33
8. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:58

Personnel

• Dorothy Ashby – harp
• Frank Wess – flute
• Herman Wright – bass
• Roy Haynes – drums

Production

• Bob Weinstock – supervisor
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

External links

• A Dorothy Ashby Discography

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-new-jazz-status-8200-8300-series/#njlp-8209 Prestige Records discography
2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed May 9, 2013